Todd Wilken’s last question

Issues Etc host Todd Wilken’s last question to me was, “If you had 30 seconds to talk to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius, what would you say to her?” (This was regarding the requirement (which is simultaneously silly and offensive) that all insurance carriers provide contraception with no co-pay.) I simply said,

I always thought that insurance was meant to cover extraordinary expenses which cannot be adequately saved for nor paid for from one’s normal income, not ordinary, recurring expenses. What’s next, grocery insurance, clothing insurance, cable-TV insurance? This is a prime example for why our health care insurance costs are so high. Too many people want to have everything imaginable covered by someone else. However, if they insist, then I would reluctantly go along with health insurers covering the cost of instruction for Natural Family Planning for married couples or couples about to be married.